Equipment Engineer — Reliability & Maintenance

Takeda; Wicklow; On-site; EUR 58,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Bray, Ireland, is seeking an Equipment Engineer to manage engineering operations ensuring production processes and assets meet quality, cost, safety, reliability, maintainability and performance standards.

You will support maintenance, reliability and asset management, improve equipment reliability, optimise asset performance and reduce downtime, while contributing to lifecycle management of critical manufacturing equipment.

Qualifications

• Trade- or degree-qualified in a relevant discipline (mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, automation, or related technical field).
• Basic tooling concepts understood in simple situations with supervision.
• Lean manufacturing concepts understood and applied with coaching.
• Continuous Improvement Process concepts applied with support.
• Machining tools used under close supervision for simple tasks.
• Six Sigma tools used with guidance in simple quality improvement projects.
• Market analysis and customer needs assessment involvement with guidance.
• Basic fabrication principles applied in simple tasks with supervision.
• Quality assurance practices used with guidance in routine settings.
• Simple troubleshooting problems solved with continued coaching.
• Statistical Process Controls concepts learned under supervision.
• Identify simple workflow obstacles and seek coaching for optimization.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects and processes with limited supervision.
• Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies.
• Analyze spare parts to optimize availability for asset reliability and business continuity.
• Design, construct, test, and operate equipment to meet production standards.
• Ensure quality, cost, safety, reliability, and performance in production processes.
• Interpret plans, drawings, and specifications for engineering projects.
• Collaborate with project engineering to support integration, commissioning, qualification, and handover of assets.
• Support corrective maintenance and shutdown planning including scope, resources, scheduling, and risk assessment.
• Coach and review the work of lower-level professionals.
• Apply advanced engineering knowledge to solve difficult problems.

Skills

Mechanical

Electrical

Instrumentation

Automation

Engineering

Lean manufacturing

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Machining tools

Six Sigma

Quality assurance

Job description

Takeda in Bray, Ireland, is seeking an Equipment Engineer to manage engineering operations ensuring production processes and assets meet quality, cost, safety, reliability, maintainability and performance standards.

You will support maintenance, reliability and asset management, improve equipment reliability, optimise asset performance and reduce downtime, while contributing to lifecycle management of critical manufacturing equipment.